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Sab-clause (12) of clause 6 provides that an application for the appointment of inspectors may be made by either Registrar of Companies as well as by members of the
company.
Sub-clause (13) of clause 6 deals with three points:
Paragraph (a) correcta a slight error introduced by the Companies Amendment Ordinance, 1913. This point is also lenkt with in clause 8 (2).
Paragraph (5) repeals the proviso added by the Com Junix Amendinent Ordinance, 1918, to section 113 (5) of the Companies Ordinance, 1911, as this proviso appears to be unnecessary. This point is also dealt with in clause
(8).
Paragraph (c) enacts that the provision of the Companies Amendment Ordinance, 1913, for the formation of a list of authorised auditors shall not apply in the case of a China Company, na it is considere undesirable that there should be any such list in the ease of China Companies.
Sub-clause (15) of clause 6 gives both Registrars power 10 apply for a winding up order.
Sub-clause (20) of clause 6 corrects an obvious misprint in article 50 of Table A in the First Schedule to the Companies Ordinance, 1911.
Clause 7 excepts China Companies from the operation of the sections of the Companies Ordinance, 1911, which It retains deal with the question of local registers. however the annual feo beretofore paid by companies with local registers in China, as it re-enacts that shares in such companies shall be exempt from transfer duty and probate and estate duty, except in the case of transfers where the transfer is executed by the transferor in the Colony.
Clause 8 makes the necessary amendments in the Com- mnies Amendment Ordinance 1913, which have been referred to above under sub-clauses (7) and (13).
Clause 9 provides that the Companies Ordinances, in so far as they affect companies carrying on business within the limits of the China Orders-in-Council, shall be read with and subject to the Order-in-Council above referred to.
Clanse 10 is intended to suspend the commencement of the Ordinance until the date when the Order-in-Council comes into operation.
J. H, KEMP,
Attorney Gourrel_
In any further coinmunication
on the subject, plensa quoto
No. 79333/127308/15.
and addr
The Undor-Secretary of State.
Foreign Office.
[mmediate.
From Shanghai
hu.45
To shanghai 3 July
ww.11. From Shanghai
Me 8g. Wang
Londyn.
Sir:-
C.O
42502
RECO
RFO: 16 SEPT
OFFICE
385
September 15th, 1915.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-
mit to you, herewith, copies of correspondence with
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Sir E. Fraser, His Majesty's Consul General at Shang-
hal, on the subject of the registration as British
of companies composed of aliens. The two warehouse
companies alluded to in Sir E. Fraser's despatch No.
89 of August 10th, would appear to be the "Central
and North China Godowns and Press Packing Company"
and the "Yangtse Wharf and Godown Company" referred
to in his despatch No. 45 of May 19th as entirely
controlled by alien enemies. Both these companies
appear to be registered at Hongkong.
It will be observed that the Governor of Hong-
kong states that he has no legislation to meet such
cases, and that these companies can, in view of the
fact that there is no person who can be summoned be-
fore
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,